Ok, I want to clarify on my previous post. No, it's not just about the weight. It IS about being healthy. It's also about being happy with myself. Do I think I need to lose weight? No. Seven months ago when I was near "clinically overweight"? Maybe. And I lost it. Nowadays I may say that I need to lose weight and it isn't about the actual weight it's about being tone. I could never lose another pound and be perfectly happy as long as I continue to get tighter and firmer. But also, even if THAT NEVER happened. I could accept that and be happy as long as I knew I was strong, healthy, and in the best physical condition I was capable of.
I know that when people hear, "I want to lose weight" they equate that to "I'm fat". Because of this I need to make a change. I need to make a change in my vocabulary. I need to stop using phrases like "lose weight" or the word "fat" (not that I use it often). And I need to start using words like healthy, fitness, tone, active, endurance, and strength.
To those of you who have offered and continue to offer me support - thank you!
Here it is all wrapped up in a nice cute little blog ... my so called life (or at least what I dare to publish and have pictures to prove).
Garrett Thatcher
I'm currently reading ....
The Second Sex
My Inspiration & Future Abs!
If she can look like THAT at 42 - I can look like THAT at 33....maybe 34
My Hubby Justin
My Puppy Hiro
Blogs and Pages worth checking out
- Marion and Brady Johnson
- Janis Hansen
- Amy and Jeremy Cates
- Jolynn Payne
- Jennie and Brock Keddington
- Treo and Nolan Sanders
- Lyndee and Lyle Wilkerson
- Melissa and Jeff Hemming
- Nadia & Finn Hemming
- Jayme and Logan Payne
- Katie Lynn Mills
- Jessica and Brett Smith
- Shallon and Rick Engle
- Noelle and Mark Smith
- Sarah and Brandon Frank
- Heather and Justin Hambleton
- Nate Buck's Nature Photos
- Nate Buck's Photo Portfolio
- Janis Hansen's Flickr Page
Tradition
Books Maria read in 2008
- The Shack
- Child 44
- The Children's Blizzard
- The Last Apprentice: Revenge of the Witch
- Lord of the Flies
- Atonement
- 1984
- Interview with the Vampire
- Ender's Game
- Hold Tight
- Sunshine
- The Historian
- The Five People You Meet In Heaven (4th time)
- Spiderwick Chronicles: The Wrath of Mulgarath
- Spiderwick Chronicles: The Ironwood Tree
- Spiderwick Chronicles: Lucinda's Secret
- Spiderwick Chronicles: The Seeing Stone
- Inkheart
- Spiderwick Chronicles: The Field Guide
- Persuasion
- Pale Horse, Pale Rider (Short Story)
- The Last Town on Earth
- Mansfield Park
Books Maria read in 2007
- His Dark Materials: The Amber Spyglass
- His Dark Materials: The Subtle Knife
- The Great Influenza
- Twilight
- His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass
- This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
- Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
- Tuesdays with Morrie
- The Memory Keepers Daughter
- Great Expectations
- Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- The Hobbit
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (yes, I read it twice this year)
- Emma
- Hannibal Rising
Books Maria read in 2006
- I was looking through this list and thought that it can't possibly be complete. Then I realized that I read all 7 volumes of The Chronicles of Narnia, but listed them as if they were only 1 book. And it did take me a few months to complete them.
- We Refused to Die
- Flags of our Fathers (2nd time)
- For One More Day
- Eragon
- Desperation
- Chronicles of Narnia (All 7 Volumes)
- The Five People You Meet in Heaven (3rd time)
- The Canterbury Ghost
- Pictures of Dorain Gray
- The Sunflower (waste of time!)
- The Work & the Glory: Like a Fire is Burning
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2nd time)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2nd time)
- Ethan Frome
- Sense & Sensibility
Lighthouse Travels
DYING DAY
1 comment:
Maria, I've had similar experiences. I now weigh ALMOST the same as I weighed the day I got married and I'm satisfied with that, however, I'm going to continue to try to lose more weight. Mostly because it motivates me to be healthy but also because I think I can do even better. Besides, even someone who is really skinny should constantly work towards changing some aspect of their health. No one is PERFECTLY healthy.
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